Suzan-Lori Parks: Essays on the Plays and Other WorksThe first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, Suzan-Lori Parks has received international recognition for her provocative and influential works. Her plays capture the nightmares of African Americans endangered by a white establishment determined to erase their history and eradicate their dreams. A dozen essays address Parks's plays, screenplays and novel. Additionally, this book includes two original interviews (one with Parks and another with her long-time director Liz Diamond) and a production chronology of her plays. |
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
Everything and Nothing | 20 |
Jazzing Time Love and the Female Self in Three Early Plays by SuzanLori Parks | 34 |
You one of uh mines? | 45 |
Sampling and Remixing | 65 |
For the Love of the Venus | 76 |
A Full Refund Aint Enough | 88 |
Parks and the Traumas of Childhood | 140 |
Demeter Persephone and Willa Mae Beede | 156 |
The Unconscious and Metaphors in SuzanLori Parkss Screenplays of Girl 6 and Their Eyes Were Watching God | 169 |
An Interview with SuzanLori Parks | 181 |
A Parks Remix | 191 |
A Production History of the Works of SuzanLori Parks | 203 |
About the Contributors | 207 |
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| Title | Suzan-Lori Parks: Essays on the Plays and Other Works |
| Editor | Philip C. Kolin |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | McFarland, 2014 |
| ISBN | 0786457546, 9780786457540 |
| Length | 219 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / General Performing Arts / Theater / General Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies |
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